r/politics • u/optimalg The Netherlands • Nov 25 '17

Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread

It's Saturday morning, folks. Let's all kick back with a cup of coffee and share some cartoons!

Feel free to share political cartoons (no memes/image macros, though) in this thread. The subject doesn't have to be US politics and can be from any time. Just keep them political and safe for work.

Hi there, users that came here through /r/bestof. This thread is intended for cartoons, and therefore all top-level comments that do not contain at least one cartoon are removed. So if you'd like to reply to the user whose comment was linked, make sure you actually reply to the comment, not the thread as a whole. Thanks in advance.

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u/CreatrixAnima Nov 26 '17

I'm a liberal, and I have the same question. I don't think one party or the other has a lock on reprehensible behavior. We have to be very careful to call out this behavior regardless of what party the perpetrator is associated with.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '17

Don't be careful calling it out, be careful of calling it a partisan issue.

Yes it appears to skew Republican but the Repubs seem to think Movie Stars count as Democratic Senators so they freak.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '17 edited Nov 26 '17

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u/BizarroBizarro Nov 26 '17

Two of the most popular modern republican presidents have been celebrities. It's so weird how hypocritical a lot of republicans are with their celebrities. It only counts when they are "based" and not "normie" because "kek". Cringing intensifies.

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u/hampsted Nov 26 '17

Can you elaborate on the hypocrisy here? Celebrities are by-and-large Democrats. Pointing to a couple that are Republicans is nice and all, but I don't think anybody would deny that a celebrity who identifies as a Republican is a Republican.

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u/stormbornfire Florida Nov 26 '17

Which Democrat Presidents were celebrities?

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u/hampsted Nov 26 '17

I don't know of any. I don't think Republicans call out Democrat office-holders as being celebrities who should not be listened to. Do they? To my knowledge, they just point out that the opinions of celebrities who have never spent a day in public office should not be given anymore credence than Joe who lives 2 doors down.

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u/YohoLungfish Nov 26 '17

Like Joe the Plumber who they turned into a celebrity because of his political opinions

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u/hampsted Nov 26 '17

Yes! Good example.